World Kenya to microchip every rhino's horn

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Microchips will be placed in the horn of every rhinoceros in Kenya in an ambitious bid to tackle the scourge of poaching, wildlife officials have announced.

The World Wildlife Fund donated the chips as well as five scanners at a cost of $15,000 (£9,400). Tracking the rhinos – there are more than 1,000 in Kenya – to dart them and fit the device will cost considerably more.

Officials believe however that it will boost the ability to prosecute poachers or traffickers, allowing for all the horns to be traced, providing potential vital information on poaching and smuggling chains.

The chips will be inserted into the horn, which is made of keratin, the same composition as fingernails.

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Kenya to microchip every rhino's horn

Microchips to be placed in horn of every rhino in Kenya in attempt to tackle scourge of poaching
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They have weird animals over there.
 
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By posting the news online wouldnt the poachers know that there are microchips in the horns and simply look for them and remove them? I only see this working if it was kept a secret...
 
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Yeah, this story should be a secret! But I'm glad they are doing something! Well, they should even be done with all "endangered animals, around the world!
 
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They know how many they have, each one is individual and they can tell if it has been removed. They probably also hope that it is a deterrent so news should be done on it and not secret, imho.
 
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They know how many they have, each one is individual and they can tell if it has been removed. They probably also hope that it is a deterrent so news should be done on it and not secret, imho.
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You really think rhino poachers get deterred by news? In what kind of rose colored world are you living?
 
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Accname said:
You really think rhino poachers get deterred by news? In what kind of rose colored world are you living?
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The kind where we're talking about Kenya, not exactly a pinnacle of intelligent thinking is it?
 
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